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No. 518,707. Patented Apr. 24, 1894.

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JOHN A. STEWARD, OFV EAST CLARENDON, VERMONT.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,707, dated April24, 1894.

Application iiled August 18, 1893. Serial No. 483.439. (No model.)

To a/ZZ. whom it may concern,.-

Be 1t known that I, JOHN A. Srnwnnna citizen of the United States,residing at East Clarendon, in the county of Rutland, State of Vermont,have invented certain new and useful'lmprovements in Pails, of which thefollowlng is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

Thls invention relates to certain new and ,useful improvements in tinpails, cans and the llke, having for its objects among others to provldea simple and cheap pail or can,so constructed that when the head isplaced on it will be held against displacement by handling of the pailenabling much more work to be accomplished, making a pail or can thatwlll not leak, permitting of better work and a neater seam and alsoenabling the can or pail to be sealned by automatic seaming devlees. Iform the body portion of the can or pall with an inturned annularchannel or bead with inclined inner wall and the top or end is formedwith an outwardly inclined annular wall or bead so proportionedrelatively to the inclined wall of the body portion that the top or endof the inclined wall is or will be capable of being pushed into itsplace where it will be held against displacement in handlingorbypnlliugon thebail by the wedgellke action resultant. The can or pailis then seamed in any convenient way. By the ordinary forms ofpails andtops or covers, when the can is filled with paint or other liquid, theend or cover is liable to work 0E in handling the can from the fillingtable to the Inachine; this is annoying and often results in a waste ofthe liquid. My invention avoids all this.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appearand the novel features thereof will be speciiicallydened by the appendedclaims. i

i The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is a sectional detail `showing thenovel construction of the body portion and cover, separated. Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal section through a can or pail with `one end seamedand the other showing the top or end in position ready for the seamer.

Fig. 3 shows the seam.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

In carrying out my invention I form the body portion A of the can orpail with a surrounding groove or channel U upon its outer peripheryadjacent to the end as seen best in Fig. l the outer end being turned atright angle to the length of the body portion, forming the flange a andthe connecting portion a2 being upon a taper inward toward the center ofthe can or pail, as shown so that from the inside of the can this wallinclines outwardly as seen in Figs.l and 2 thus forming an inwardlyprojecting bead which merges into the seam or'flange a.

B is the end or cover of the can or pail; it is `formed with an outerannular seam iiange b extending at right angles thereto as seen in Figs.l and 2, this iiange being parallel with the disk portion of the coverand joined thereto by the inclined portion or wall h which inclinesoutwardly from its junction with the flange toits junction with the diskportion as seen clearly in Figs. l and 2 thus forming an outwardlyprojecting bead. The incline of this portion b corresponds with that ofthe wall or portion 0,2 and the parts are so proportioned that the coveror top can be forced into its position as seen in Fig. 2 and when onceforced into position after the can or pail has been lled with paint orother liquid, or before, the pail can be handled from the filling benchto the seamer or lifted up by the bail without danger of the end orcover working off. The end is seamed in any of the well known ways; whenlinished it has the appearance as shown in Fig. 3. The wedge effeetproduced is important not only in holding the cover on during theseaming process but it aords a better and tighter joint when completed.

l. A can or pail body having at an end thereof an inwardly-projectingbead merging into a seam-flange, and a cover therefor havinganoutwardly-projecting bead directly at its searn-liange,substantially asspecied.

2. A can or pail body having at an end thereof an inwardly-projectingbead merging IOO into a seam Iiange, and a cover therefor having anoutwardly projecting bead terminating in a seam-flange, the respectiveextreme diameters of the beaded portions being such as to separablyconnect the parts when assembled and to form contact portions of thebody and cover seam when permanently united, substantially as specified.

3. The combination with a can body having at its end an inward bevel andan outwardlyprojecting seam-Bange, of a cover or head having an outwardbevel and seam-flange, said bevels being proportioned to permit theinsertion of the cover and its separable reteniol within the body,substantially as speci- 4. A can or pail body having at an end JOHN A.STEWARD.

Witnesses:

Trios. C. RoBBINs, WAYNE BAILEY.

